Courtyard Marriott Grappone Concord

... all the attendant cords, chargers and transformers as well as a US cell phone and a NZ cell phone. Our electronic paraphernalia takes up most of one carry on bag! I have a few more things to "pick up" before we leave. We are almost ready. Keep your eye on this blog for weekly updates on our travels.

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I have an assignment for a tourism class and I have been asked to survey people who live on the island of Aruba. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

1) Number of years you’ve been on the island of Aruba
2) Are you working or retired?
3) Have you ever been involved in tourism related activities?(If so a brief explanation on your involvement).
4) What is your ...

... But the real creativity came in later... GINGERBREAD PARTY 09!!! We made a seaport. A variety of candies and colors gave a lovely texture and unique palate of hues and flavors. It won Most Elaborate and Best in Show by popular vote. But that is not to undermine the competition - check these out. For more - go to my facebook page and see Doug Domeny's Photo Album.



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... back to the 1700’s. The port prospered with fishing, lumber and shipbuilding the principal businesses of the region.

It was a great day and as we were unloading the van back at Peg and Bud’s a police car drove up and the officer wanted to know what we were doing at the house. George identified himself and stated that we were visiting the Bragg’s. After a few minutes ...

It was a busy Birthday!
We got up and went to the only Starbucks in the area (Dunkin Donuts plays the role of the coffee shop that is on every corner out here -- you have to travel to get to Starbucks). We came back and got our Flu Shots (Happy Birthday!). We shopped a little and then Paul went to the barber (for the first time in about 10 years, given that he's been sleeping with his barber for most of that time).
After lunch, we drove to Manchester ...

... home from college – Well, son Laurent has one more semester and Nathalie graduated this spring but is still at home. Husband Chris also there. We talked till midnight, Chris had gone to bed earlier, then Laurent packed all my bags in and off to bed where I was so wound up

I was awake at 2, so took a pill and then up just before 9. It is overcast and still raining out.

August 29 Saturday—Up early but not much sleep- Just couldn’t get to ...

... agua. Parece mentira pero nos lo hemos pasado como niños chicos jugando en el barro. Quizá era el lago. Quizá la "Sonrisa del Gran Espíritu"...

Al final hemos llegado al muelle, nos hemos bajado, hemos llevado las kayak al sitio que nos indicaron y nos hemos ido para el coche mientras la gente nos miraba (por cierto, ha parado de llover cuando salíamos del agua...). Algunos aterrorizados (¡que no lo vean mis hijos que les copian!), la mayoría riéndose en nuestra cara ...

... may be it had fallen off yesterday. However it is a BIG panel and not one that I would have missed as I have to stand on that side to give Steve hand signals to reverse when we are parking. I had spent a while helping him as we were a long way from the power plug-in and so we had been trying to back up as far as possible. When we looked around we noticed that a guy opposite also had exactly the same size hole in the ...

... travel throughout the country). Until then, I've got work to keep me busy... for anybody who knows anything about my job you know what a stretch that is. But it's been a helpful few months of working, and hopefully I've earned enough $$ to get me through the next five months abroad. I'll be sitting around alone when I'm not at work, but that means I'll just be thinking about the adventures ahead. As I said before, Rory leaves tomorrow for Christchurch then Dunedin ...

I visited Concord by myself in May 1991 on that lovely trip to the Conference in Quebec City, Canada. I went through Concord after The Most Wonderful night at a really delightful B&B in Franconia, NH where I actually sat on Robert Frost's front porch and WALKED the path in the woods that inspired him to write "The Road Less Traveled." The next day the B&B owner got information for me to make my ...